Animal-trap.



M. JAEGER.

ANIMAL TRAP. I APPLICATION FILED AUG. 31,1906. 963,574.- Patented July5,1910.

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MICHAEL JAEG-ER, OF DARMSTADT, GERMANY.

ANIMAL-TRAP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 31, 1906.

Patented July 5, 1910.

Serial No. 332,727.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL J AEGER, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, and a resident of the city of Darmstadt, Germany, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Animal-Traps, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to animal traps and more particularly to traps forrats and mice and has for its object to improve the construction oftraps of this kind so as to make it impossible for the animal to escapefrom the trap and to provide said traps with means for quickly killingthe entrapped animal.

My invention will be fully described hereinafter and the features ofnovelty will be pointed out in the appended claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which- Figure lis a side elevation of my improved trap; Fig. 2 is a detail of a portionof the upper part thereof; Fig. 3 is a plan view of said trap; Fig. 4 isan end View thereof, and Fig. 5 is a detail end View of the drum showingit in a different position.

a is a cylinder which is suported on a drum Z) which drum is mounted torotate on an axle a and is provided with a balancing weight (Z.

c is a stop for limiting the movement of the drum Z) in one directionand f is a stop for limiting the movement of the drum in the oppositedirection.

The drum 6 is located between walls 9 and h so that the ends 2' of saiddrum travel adjacent to said walls 9 and h. The wall g is provided withan opening 70 which registers with one end of the cylinder a when thedevice is in its normal position. The opposite end of said cylindersupported adjacent to a corresponding opening in the rear wall, whichopening is preferably covered with a screen or like device to preventaccess to a chamber m secured to the wall it on the side opposite tothat which is toward the end of the cylinder a. The chamber at isadapted to contain a bait for the purpose of luring the animal into thecylinder a. The wall 71- is further provided with another opening Z thepurpose of which will be more fully described hereinafter. A swingingplatform 0 pivoted at a is secured in the cylinder at and runslengthwise thereof and is provided with a suitable catch 39 which a onto the platform 0.

engages a notch in a member g for maintaining the drum Z) in its normalposition.

1* represents a chamber in which a suitable bait may be located theobject of which will be clearly disclosed hereinafter.

s is a wire net cage with which the opening Z communicates and which isprovided near its top with an opening 25 leading to a platform a: whichis pivoted on the trunnion o from which also depends the weight w. The,opening t is closed by a swinging door a pivoted at its top so as to becapable of only swinging inward or toward the platform w. This door 2 ispreferably made transparent or of wire netting.

3/ are walls which extend along each side of the platform on beneathwhich platform is located a receptacle a which contains water or othersuitable liquid for quickly killing the entrapped animal as will be moreclearly described hereinafter.

In operation, bait is placed in the chamber r which is closed at one endby a perforated slide so that the odor of said bait may penetrate to theouter air, and the bait is also placed in the chamber m. The animalsmelling the bait in the chamber 1" will try to get at it and finding itimpossible to do so will mount to the top of said chamber and the baitin the chamber 1% attracting the animal to this point. It will then passthrough the opening is in an effort to get at the said bait, and willpass into the cylinder As soon as the animal has passed the pivot n theplatform 0 will be tilted by the weight of the animal, sufficiently todisengage the catch 9 from the notch in the member 9. The weight of theanimal will now cause the drum Z) to rotate on its axle 0 so that thecylinder a will be in the position shown in Fig. 5 with its one endadjacent to the opening Z and its other end closed by the wall 9. Themovement of the drum in this direction is limited by the stop f which isengaged by the weight 'aZ. The animal now passes through the opening Zinto the cage 8 and as soon as it has done so, the drum being relievedof its weight will be returned to its initial position by the weight 0Z,the movement in this direction being limited by the stop 6. The animalnow seeks to escape and climbs the walls of the cage and finally reachesa small platform located in front of the opening t and door a. Theanimal seeing an evident other liquid Qontained in the chamber u Whereit'is drg ivned. Escape from my improved trap igs impossible and theanimal once having started to enter the trap cannot'r'eturn, I

. Various modifications may be made Without departing from the natureof'my inven- 'tion as defined in the claim.

I claim l1 An animal trap comprising a cage, a rotatable drum carrying acylinder normally out of communication With said cage and passes'threnghthe opening ngs the*d"oor-z onits pivotan hus 'precipated intothe water 'or which-is adapted t-o be brought intocommunication With thecage, means for locking said drumin its normal position, a trippingdevice 'for releasing the locking means to permit the drum to be partlyrotated, means for returning said drum to its initial posi- *tion, astop arranged to engage said means,

for limiting the movement of the drum in one direction and another stopalso adapted to engage said means for limiting the movement of the drumin the opposite direction. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signedmy name in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. 7

MICHAEL JAEGER. Witnesses:

WALTER HAIESIED, WALTER SOHUMANN.

